ZyXEL NBG419N - potential for DD-WRT

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rukiri
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 17:10    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have two of these routers and would love to see DD-WRT on them as well.

What do we need exactly? the serial #'s? do we have all the hardware info we need?
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 9:00    Post subject: Reply with quote
we need donated HW
http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/community/donations
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 14:45    Post subject: Reply with quote
GnatGoSplat wrote:
I'm curious if WHR-G300N's DD-WRT can work in it. It looks like every single chip is the same between the two. Maybe if I can boost Xmit power beyond defaults, it can improve the range. I would just be worried about being able to go back to stock if necessary.


Anyone knows if this is remotely viable? I'm afraid I can't afford to donate my router, but if someone can confirm that this MIGHT work (of course, nobody can say if it will work for sure), I'm willing to give it a try. Please let me know if you think this is definitely a bad idea and will sure brick the router Smile
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 15:07    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just flash it, this unit has JTAG & Serial Port. You can always debrick it if something went wrong. Smile

I guess all single chipped RT3052 works. I've flashed many units without problem.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 15:09    Post subject: Reply with quote
I love your enthusiasm, but want to confirm with one of the DD-WRT folks first Smile
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 15:16    Post subject: Reply with quote
The only difference is the layout of the PCB. It's only a single chip with flash and ram, it's basicly the same thing.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 15:17    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fair enough. I'll be receiving the router either tonight or tomorrow. Either way, that thing is getting the dd-wrt treatment. I'll post the results.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 15:28    Post subject: Reply with quote
Make sure that the hardware has not changed. Sometimes the maker release a new version with a completely different hardware.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:01    Post subject: Reply with quote
So here are the first try results:

1) Try to upgrade using the standard firmware upgrade procedure with WHR-G300N .bin firmware file. The web admin portal quickly informed me that the firmware image is bad
2) Tried TFTP method, as described on WHR-G300N's page. No dice, the router doesn't even look for the file. I kind of expected that, since only the hardware is the same, and this part is software-related

I also tried using it as an access point, just hooked it up to my existing router, configured the wireless settings, etc. My laptop connected right away (and the signal strength was very decent), but my htpc would not connect for shit. I'll try to figure it out tomorrow.

So it looks like ZyXel firmware needs to be killed before new firmware can be installed. Any takers for this one? I really don't want to solder in a serial port Smile
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:48    Post subject: Reply with quote
nivanov wrote:
I love your enthusiasm, but want to confirm with one of the DD-WRT folks first Smile
Without a router to work on there's no way to confirm it we can only speculate.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:28    Post subject: Reply with quote
Here is source of Zyxel NBG-419N code.

ftp://opensource.zyxel.com/NBG-419N/GPL_RELEASE_NBG-419N.tar.gz

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This Product includes Linux Kernel 2.6.21.x, Busybox 1.8.2, Dnsmasq 2.40, Goahead 2.1.8, Igmpproxy 0.1 beta2, Inadyn 1.96, Iproute2 2.6.24, Rp-pppoe 3.8, Iptables 1.4.0rc1, Updatedd 2.5, Linux-igd 1, Lldt 1.2, Ntpclient 2000 345, Wireless_tools 29, Bridge-utils 1.1, Pptp-client 1.7.1, Ppp 2.4.2, Rp-12tp 0.4, Wpa_supplicant 0.5.7, Zebra-0.95a _ripd, Gcc 3.4.2, Uboot 1.1.3 and Mtd-utils 1.0.0

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This Product includes Uclibc 0.9.28 and Uclibc++ 0.2.2 under the LGPL License.

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This Product includes Libupnp 1.3.1 under the license by BSD

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This Product includes Zlib 1.1.4 under the license by Zlib
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 16:59    Post subject: Reply with quote
anyone get anywhere with this 419N? I have hardware available if its possible to get this ported...
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 11:36    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sorry to zombie this, but following your intuitions, i had success flashing dd-wrt G300N image (14896) on this hardware, by stripping the header from the webflash image and sending it through TFTP via serial console. Working good so far.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 13:27    Post subject: Reply with quote
And again i need to pull out the zombi thread Very Happy

I hve many of the NBG-419N Routers ...
Using the routers since some years with dd-wrt FW - Also the Asus RT-N13U works fine on this router - no problems with it.
Just flash the FW over the Serial Pin on the board directly
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 04, 2020 20:34    Post subject: Reply with quote
And as far as I know, no hardware was ever donated to add support for this device.
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